昂 首 天 外

áng shǒu tiān wàidictionary entry

(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens / (idiom) arrogant / haughty

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Original source entry:

昂首天外 昂首天外 [ang2 shou3 tian1 wai4] /(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens/(idiom) arrogant; haughty/

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昂
áng
to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
首
shǒu
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
天
tiān
day / sky / heaven
外
wài
outside / in addition / foreign / external

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